Corinna Putnam Smith (born, Corinna Haven Putnam; later, Corinna Lindon Smith; September 27, 1876 – died 1965) was an American writer, amateur

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, scholar of

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, and an

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Life

Corinna Haven Putnam was born in New York, September 27, 1876. She was the daughter of the

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George Haven Putnam George Haven Putnam A.M., Litt.D. (April 2, 1844 – February 27, 1930) was an American publisher, soldier, and writer. He was the president of G. P. Putnam's Sons for its first 52 years, from 1872. Biography The eldest son of publisher George Pal ...

.Corinna Haven (Putnam) Smith, 1876–1965

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. In 1898, she met the

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Joseph Lindon Smith Joseph Lindon Smith (October 11, 1863 – October 18, 1950)), was an American painter, best known for his extraordinarily faithful and lively representations of antiquities, especially Egyptian tomb reliefs. He was a founding member of the a ...

whom she married in 1899. Together, they spent many winters on archaeological sites in Egypt, while the summer months saw them hosting large social events in

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, attended by the likes of

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and

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.Diana Wolfe Larkin
Joseph Lindon Smith – Interpreter of the Past (1863–1950)
2008, Monadnock Art. After the death of her husband in 1950, she adopted his middle name, calling herself "Corinna Lindon Smith".

Publications

*''Rising Above the Ruins in France: An Account of the Progress Made Since the Armistice in the Devastated Regions in Reestablishing Industrial Activities and the Normal Life of the People'', New York and London,

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1920 (with Caroline R. Hill) *(Editor of:) Joseph Lindon Smith, ''Tombs, Temples, and Ancient Art'',

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1956 *''Interesting People: Eighty Years With the Great and Near Great'', Norman, University of Oklahoma Press 1962

References

External links

Papers of Corinna Lindon Smith, 1851-1966: A Finding Aid.

Schlesinger Library
Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. 1876 births 1965 deaths 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American women writers {{US-writer-stub